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chkbit saved my bacon when it made intermittent hardware issues visible to me. Backup software is not good enough if the data you're backing up is slowly and invisibly getting corrupted.

If you’ve never played Frog Fractions, check out its totally free Game of the Decade Edition on Steam. One heck of a thing. Possibly worth an hour of your time. Maybe.

9:45 AM: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/13/fornite-adds-direct-payment-option-on-ios/ 3:00 PM: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/08/13/apple-removes-fortnite-from-app-store/ When you dare to deign to take away Apple’s 30% and aren't Amazon or Netflix.

I find it interesting that William Fox lost control of Fox Film just 15 years after founding it due to the stock market crash of 1929, but his name has lived on for almost 100 years. https://twitter.com/verge/status/1292909003169832961

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-congress-apple-idUSKCN24T1WY Everyone is the hero of their own story. Apple needs to do better here.

If liking "modern City Pop" is wrong, I don't want to be right. This song is great. https://youtu.be/BxqYUbNR-c0

Weird Al proves himself to be a genius yet again. https://youtu.be/oNEdEDbhTQw

“Disparaging the boot is a bootable offense!”

> “But it’s important to remember that Judgement Day was initiated by a few rogue Terminators, and isn’t indicative of a widespread problem with Skynet.”

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/just-because-theyve-turned-against-humanity-doesnt-mean-we-should-defund-the-terminator-program

My #WWDC20 wish: System level support for AirPlay 2.0 in macOS (not just in the Music app.)